RUSSIAN REVOLUTIONARY CRISIS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7981, 18 November 1905, Page 2

RUSSIAN REVOLUTIONARY CRISIS.

■oAd Acute Phase of the Movement. The Great Railway Strike A Famine-Stricken Army. St. PIOTmsIWIKJ, Nov. 10. Hie Strike began: at Jloon. The fac* tones have ceased work, aivd goods trafl'ic on the railways has been sus'Jen (led. When the St. Tutersljurg-Oerman express was full of passengers find about ,to s'larl, ; workmen placed trucks across the line und virtually look charge ol the station. Ninel.v thousand men have struck, many reluctantly. Up to Tuesday evening there had been 800 casualties at Vladivostok. Similar in ■the army occurred along the 'Siberian railway.

There has -been great destruction <>( property. The pillagers drove cattle into a church (in the ; SaratofT <disirict. The peasants were 'incensed at the sacrilege, and lynched forty-two pillagers. A meeting- of the Central Labour Committees, Vera Sassulilch presidnrg„declared that'the Czar's Govern-' nent was making' its way over corpses, ami if necessary the workers ;hould again show their formidable power by n political strike, evincing solidarity similar to the Kronsladt mutineers and 'revolutionary proletariat.. Let the ivar cry of the strikers I be. "Down with! court-imartiul, the death penalty, and a' state «f war in Poland and throughout Russia,"

PARIS, Nov. 10. l.p Mot in describes the army ns a horde of 100,000, almost brcftdless, ar.d nil hunt clothes. Kt. r-ICTERSBUBa, Nov. 16, The Warsaw railway Star iravo resinned. as the workmen were unwilling to give the authorities a protext for excesses. liONIION. Nov. Irt, TJoiiter'rf SI. l'etcMmrg correspondent su.vs tnat in the matter of a general strike the Government have staked their all on 'lh<f'!ovalty, of he troops, The Czar's Ukase Hooligans Defy the Autterities. (liereiwd Nov. 17, 10.2 p.m.) SI. I'KTBnSßrna, Nov. 17.Tin- UUase issued , expressing ths Czar's gratitude to <he troops at) Odessa for their exemplary conduct during the disturbances is regarded as a cruel mockery, and ominous ol a fresh outbreak.

Though the Prefect declares he is able to guarantee perfect order for he Jews and others, the hooligans at Kishiueff defy the authorities openly, ind are preparing for a fresh masi sacre. Two sotnias '(squadrons) of Cossacks were powerless ;to suppress H-he peasant rising at Novoskui. >Princo Kossatkin and -liis wife were wound•d, the house being burned and looted. Reinforcements- ,\v?rc urgently domanded. Similar 'disorders have occurred at TambolT and ;Poltavt\ Father Gapnn's Return, The Exodus from Odessa. (Received Nov. 17, 10.10 p.nn.') Kt. I'E'PKItSIiOHG, Xov. 17. Father Gapon lvas returned here. No Ji'ss than foreign passports were issued at Odessa in. t'lio last fortnight.; Two thousand artillerymen and -infantry at the fortress of Swborg on 12 th mutinied, compelling Hit Commandant to disband the reservists and troops whoso period of service lad expired.

Officers Defied by Their Men. Open Sympathy' With Strikers. Indignation at the Treatment of Poland Otcceived Nov. 17, 11.2-1 p.m.). St. PETERSBL-'KG, Nov.' 17. 11a ny of t'lie sofdiers u'liS sailors »t Si. Petersburg defy their olHccra *ivd mow open sympathy witTT tho trikers. The military railway 'battalion rofuse to work tho Moscow railway. Seventy-two St. Petersburg "employers 'have finally refused ail eighthours' day. They prefer to close their works. Two thousand earnest workers in the cause of revolution met at the Xovi Theatre, St. Petersburg, ami indignantly denounced tho treatment Poland was receiving.

De Witte's Appeal to the Workers. * They Mistrust His Intentions (Beceived Nov. 18,0.28 a.m.) St. PhTEESBUBG, Nov. 17. Count de Witte, addressing the Strikers' Association as " h-others," appealed to them to resume work, cease disorder, havo pity on their wives and children, and turn ft deaf ear to mischievous counsels. He declared that the Czar had ordered special attention to be devoted to the labour question, and for that purpose had appointed a Ministry of Coinmei ce and Industry, which will establish jest relations between master and men. " Give us time," said the Count, "and I will do all that is possible, Crive heed to the advice of a man who wishes you well." Tho Council of Workmen's delegates and many hundreds of the better class of workmen met to consider a reply. One speaker vehemently attacked Count de Witte, denouncing him as® partisan of the ruling class, and declaring that such as ho wero the chief cause of so many widows and orphans among the labouring classes, adding that it came badly from the authorities who afl'ect such r n anxiety, which is intende 1 to deceive tho people, whose ej ei, however, are perfectly open.

lb was resohei to continue tlio strike indefinitely. Strike Committee Keeping Order. (Received Nov. 18,1.2 a.m.) ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 18. The Strike Committee pieventela huge demonstiation at St, Petersburg.